GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 328
AN ACT TO REDISTRICT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MITCHELL COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 677, Session Laws of 1975, is rewritten to read:
"Section 1. (a) Beginning with the 1988 General Election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected three members to the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners from the county at large.
(b) Beginning with the 1990 General Election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected two members to the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners from the county at large.
(c) The qualified voters of the entire county shall nominate candidates and elect the members apportioned to the county at large."
Sec. 2.(a) The Mitchell County Board of Elections shall hold a special election in Mitchell County on the date of the next statewide primary election.
(b) The question on the ballot shall be:
"[ ] FOR the election of the members of the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners at large.
[ ] AGAINST the election of the members of the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners at large."
(c) The election shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 3. If a majority of votes cast are "FOR" the question, then Section 1 of this act shall become effective beginning with the 1988 primary and election.
Sec. 4. This act shall not affect the terms of office or the manner of filling vacancies of the current members of the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners or those to be elected in 1986.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1985.